My father once saw me put a quarter in my mouth, and told me that "I should never do that, because someone might have put it in their ass." For years, when I would see someone limping, or just walking funny, I thought I knew why.
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- I thought that a quarter hour was 25 minutes long, since a quarter was worth $0.25.— Crystal
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- My father told me that Spam was a mix of sparrow and ham. I believed this for years lol— Tara the Terror
- i used to think the song "walking in a winter wonderland" was "walking in a womens underwear"— stephen s
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- I used to believe that The Quarter moon was God's fingernail clippings— Brandon